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2-10-07 |
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Here's a look at the front of the building. Our
shop is at the far right side. |
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....and a closer view of the front. |
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Here's the side of the building. The windows here
and at the front let in lots of sunlight. |
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....and the back door. The pipe on the left side
of the roof is for the laser exhaust. |
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This is the view from the front door. You'll see
several pieces of tape on the floor. We're using
the tape to help us see where the walls are going to be. |
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Here's a look toward the front of the shop.
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....and my lovely wife Janna, showcasing the beautiful
glass in the front door. |
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The exhaust system is mounted above the ceiling.
The motor is isolated from the building structure by
rubber/neoprene cushions to dampen any vibration.
The duct is similarly isolated from the motor.
This will help to minimize noise. |
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Janna is inspecting the floor plan, making sure we have
the best showroom layout possible. |
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Here she is laying out locations for fixtures. |
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....and here I am trying to look busy. |
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2-15-07 |
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The wall studs are up, and the rooms are taking shape! |
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....the view from the workroom. |
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Here are the cabinets, ready to be installed in the
kitchen. |
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This is another shot of the cabinets and studs. |
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2-20-07 |
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Here's a pic of where some of our finer acrylic awards
will be displayed. The sheetrock is up, and much
of the tape & bed work is done. |
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This is the wall for most of our plaques. |
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....and the trophy display area. |
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Here's a shot of the front door. |
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This is the hallway that separates the showroom from the
back of the shop. |
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Here's a view of the stockroom walls. |
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Janna is inspecting the tape & bed work. |
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This is the exhaust system port. Don't let
children or small animals near this when it's running -
the suction is strong!! |
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2-25-07 |
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What a week! Things are really taking shape now!
Our sign is now up in the front of our
building. |
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....another view. |
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....and yet another view. |
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You can see the fine job our tape & bed crew did.
A close visual inspection revealed that they did
fantastic work. |
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Here's a corner of our "Acrylic Showroom". |
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This floor used to be virtually spotless. Within a
week, this streaked floor will be covered with beautiful
carpet. |
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The cabinets are still waiting patiently to be put into
place. |
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Here's a shot of the front door and its column. |
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This is the "Wall of Plaques". Maybe I'll look up
the French translation for that, just to make it sound
more fancy! |
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....more "Wall of Plaques". |
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Here's a shot from the front door, looking down the
hallway. |
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This is a view of the kitchen area, again showing the
great work by our tape & bed crew. |
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This is the workroom. Within the next week or so,
we'll have shelves on these walls. |
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....and another shot of the workroom. |
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These wooden walls will soon be painted. |
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....as will this door. |
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There was a bit of sheetrock work to do here. Can
you tell where? |
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This is a close-up view of the texture over the tape &
bed. |
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There are still some minor issues to work out around our
windows, as you can see here. These cracks will be
fixed prior to painting in the next couple of days. |
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Here's another spot that will be fixed soon. |
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3-06-07 |
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Things are shaping up! The carpet is down, and the
walls are finished...including the slatwall for
shelving. |
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Here's another view of the showroom. |
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....and another view. |
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The kitchen is looking good, too. Kalan is busy
cleaning the new countertops. |
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Here's a pic of the workroom. We've been in the
shop for two days, and my desk is already a mess. |
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Here's another view of the workroom. The wooden
worktable in the foreground is one of the few furniture
items that I actually built from the ground up. |
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Here's a look at the stockroom shelving. |
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....and more shelves. |
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This is from the first batch of plaques produced in our
new shop. This is a piano finish rosewood plaque,
with gold enamel inlayed into the engraving.
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3-15-07 |
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The day we've been waiting for is finally here.
Our displays are on the truck, and headed our way!
Kalan is busy cleaning windows, while Kasey (the
ever-hyper poodle) cheers her on. |
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Our clock display is about 50% complete, as we wait for
the displays to arrive. We expect to have about 30
different clock designs once it's complete. |
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We've hung our plaque displays. We have just a few
items ready for display here. Soon we will have
three boards FULL of plaques! |
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The displays are finally here!! Oh, what a mess
for Kalan to clean up....... |
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The front counters look nice. Here you can see my
lovely wife's wedding picture. (She's as beautiful
today as she was when that picture was taken - nearly 18
years ago!) |
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The shelf brackets are up.... |
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Now the glass shelves are in place.... |
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But are they clean? No. Kalan fixes that. |
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Here are a few of our new acrylics on display. |
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More beautiful awards. |
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Janna straightens are cleans the acrylics (a little
dusty after all the construction). |
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4-18-07 |
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The big day - Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting day! |
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Pam Carter (greatest caterer on Earth!) and Karen have
finished setting up the refreshments for the Grand
Opening reception. |
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The biggest and best surprise of the day was a visit
from one of my heroes: Roy Brewer!
What an honor it was for Roy to join us! |
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